SUSPENSION OF ENTRY OF ALIENS WHOSE ENTRY IS BARRED UNDER
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 917 OR
WHO FORMULATE, IMPLEMENT, OR BENEFIT FROM POLICIES
THAT ARE IMPEDING THE NEGOTIATIONS SEEKING THE
RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN HAITI
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
In light of the political crisis in Haiti resulting

from the expulsion from Haiti of President Aristide and the
constitutional government, United Nations Security Council
Resolution 917, and the overriding interest of the United States
in the restoration of democracy to Haiti, I have determined that
it is in the interests of the United States to restrict the
entry to the United States of: (1) all aliens described in
paragraph 3 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 917;
and (2) all other aliens who formulate, implement, or benefit
from policies that impede the progress of the negotiations
designed to restore constitutional government to Haiti and their
immediate families.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, by the powers
vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the
United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215
of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended
(8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant
and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens
described in sections 1 and 2 of this proclamation would, except
as provided for in sections 3 and 4 of this proclamation, be
detrimental to the interests of the United States. I do
therefore proclaim that:

Section 1. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into
the United States of aliens described in paragraph 3 of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 is hereby
suspended. These aliens are: ( ( all officers of the Haitian a)
military, including the police, and their immediate families;
(b) the major participants in the coup d'?tat of 1991 and in the
illegal governments since the coup d'?tat, and their immediate
families; and

(c) those employed by or acting on behalf of the Haitian
military, and their immediate families.

Sec. 2. The immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the
United States of aliens who are not covered by section 1, but
who nonetheless formulate, implement, or benefit from policies
that impede the progress of the negotiations designed to restore
constitutional government to Haiti, and their immediate
families, is hereby suspended.

Sec. 3. Section 1 shall not apply with respect to any
alien otherwise covered by section 1 where the entry of such
alien has been approved as prescribed by paragraph 3 of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 917.

Sec. 4. Section 2 shall not apply with respect to
any alien otherwise covered by section 2 where the entry
of such alien would not be contrary to the interests of the
United States.

Sec. 5. Aliens covered by sections 1 through 4 shall be
identified pursuant to procedures established by the Secretary
of State, as authorized in section 8 below.

Sec. 6. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed
to derogate from United States Government obligations under
applicable international agreements.

Sec. 7. This proclamation shall take effect at 11:59 p.m.,
eastern daylight time on May 8, 1994, and shall remain in effect
until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is
no longer necessary and should be terminated.

Sec. 8. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility
to implement this proclamation pursuant to procedures the
Secretary may establish.

Sec. 9. Proclamation No. 6569 of June 3, 1993, is hereby
revoked.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
ninety-four, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and eighteenth.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 9, 1994

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:

On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") (50 U.S.C. 1703 et seq.) and
section 301 of the National Emergencies Act ("NEA")
(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), President Bush exercised his
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12775 on
October 4, 1991, declaring a national emergency and blocking
Haitian government property.

On October 28, 1991, pursuant to the above authorities,
President Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue
Executive Order No. 12779 on October 28, 1991, blocking property
of and prohibiting transactions with Haiti.

On June 30, 1993, pursuant to the above authorities, as
well as the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended
("UNPA") (22 U.S.C. 287c) I exercised my statutory authority to
issue Executive Order No. 12853 on June 30, 1993, to impose
additional economic measures with respect to Haiti. This latter
action was taken, in part, to ensure that the economic measures
taken by the United States with respect to Haiti would conform
to United Nations Security Council Resolution 841 (June 16,
1993).

On October 18, 1993, pursuant to the IEEPA and the NEA,
I again exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive
Order No. 12872 on October 18, 1993, blocking property of
various persons with respect to Haiti.

On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted
Resolution 917, calling on Member States to take additional
measures to tighten the embargo against Haiti. These include,
inter alia, a requirement that Member States deny permission for
take off, landing or overflight to any aircraft flying to or
from Haiti, other than aircraft on regularly scheduled
commercial passenger flights. In addition, the Resolution
strongly urges, but does not mandate, the freezing of funds
and financial resources of officers of the military in Haiti,
including police, major participants in the coup d'?tat of 1991,
and in illegal governments since the coup d'?tat, those employed
by, or acting on behalf of, the military, and immediate family
members of the foregoing. Effective at 11:59 p.m. e.d.t.,
May 8, 1994, I have taken additional steps pursuant to the
above statutory authorities to enhance the implementation of
this international embargo and to conform to United Nations
Security Council Resolution 917.

This new Executive order:

bans arriving and departing flights and overflights
stopping or originating in Haiti, except regularly
scheduled commercial passenger flights;
blocks the funds and financial resources, subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States, of the individuals
specified in Resolution 917, identified above;
prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids or has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate,
any of the prohibitions of this order; and
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authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, to issue
regulations implementing the provisions of the Executive
order.
The new Executive order is necessary to implement certain

provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 of
May 6, 1994, that are to take effect without delay. Further
measures, including a comprehensive trade embargo with certain
humanitarian exceptions, are required no later than May 21,
1994. I am considering additional measures to give full effect
to these and other provisions of that Resolution. The measures
we are imposing and the United Nations Security Council
Resolution adopted on May 6, 1994, reflect the determination
of the United States, acting in concert with the international
community, to end the assault on democracy and human dignity in
Haiti.

I am providing this notice to the Congress pursuant to
section 204(b) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301
of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1631). I am enclosing a copy of the
Executive order that I have issued.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 7, 1994.

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release May 9, 1994

EXECUTIVE ORDER

PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO HAITI

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act
(50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c),
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, in view
of United Nations Security Council Resolution 917 of May 6,
1994, and in order to take additional steps with respect to
the actions and policies of the de facto regime in Haiti and
the national emergency described and declared in Executive Order
No. 12775, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in regulations,
orders, directives, or licenses, which may hereafter be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding the existence of any
rights or obligations conferred or imposed by any international
agreement or any contract entered into or any license or permit
granted before the effective date of this order, all funds and
financial resources of: (a) all officers of the Haitian
military, including the police, and their immediate families;

(b) the major participants in the coup d'?tat in Haiti of
1991 and in the illegal governments since the coup d'?tat, and
their immediate families; and

(c) those employed by or acting on behalf of the Haitian
military, and their immediate families; that are or hereafter
come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come
within the possession or control of United States persons,
including their overseas branches, are blocked.

Sec. 2. The following are prohibited, notwithstanding the
existence of any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by
any international agreement or any contract entered into or any
license or permit granted before the effective date of this
order, except to the extent provided in regulations, orders,
directives, authorizations, or licenses that may hereafter be
issued pursuant to this order: (a) the granting of permission
to any aircraft to take off from, land in, or overfly the
territory of the United States, if the aircraft, as part of the
same flight or as a continuation of that flight, is destined to
land in or has taken off from the territory of Haiti, with the
exception of regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights;
(b) any transaction by any United States person that evades or
avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts
to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order.

Sec. 3. The definitions contained in section 3 of
Executive Order No. 12779 apply to the terms used in this order.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such
actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations,
and to employ all powers granted to me by the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act and the United Nations
Participation Act, as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may
redelegate any of these functions to other officers and
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the United States Government are hereby directed to take all
appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the
provisions of this order, including suspension or termination
of licenses or other authorizations in effect as of the
effective date of this order.

Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable
by any party against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other
person.

Sec. 6.

(a) This order shall take effect at 11:59 p.m., eastern
daylight time on May 8, 1994.

(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and
published in the Federal Register.